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28th Jul 2013

Jammu & Kashmir: Minor gang-raped in Kishtwar, two held

Jammu & Kashmir, India, (Greater Kashmir): Two persons were arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a minor girl in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Saturday. Protests rocked the district against the incident. The incident took … Continued

27th Jul 2013

Pakistan: Death toll in Parachinar blasts rises to 57

PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR, (AP, Dawn): Another 12 people wounded in Friday’s twin blasts that ripped through a congested market and a taxi stand in northwestern Pakistan’s Parachinar town succumbed to their injuries on Saturday, increasing the death toll to 57. Hospital official … Continued

27th Jul 2013

Pakistan: Faisalabad toxic liquor death toll reaches 15

FAISALABAD, (The News): At least fifteen people have died since Thursday night after consuming toxic booze in Warispura, a Christian neighbourhood here, Geo News reported Friday night. According to sources, a lot of people fell sick after imbibing large … Continued

27th Jul 2013

Pakistan: Seven security men killed in Gwadar check post attack

QUETTA, (The News): Unknown gunmen attacked a coastguard check post with rockets and heavy weaponry near Pakistan-Iran border in Balochistan’s Gwadar district on Saturday, killing seven officials and wounding seven others, officials said. The incident happened in the Suntsar … Continued

26th Jul 2013

Pakistan: Multiple blasts in Parachinar kill 12, injure 20

By Mehdi Hussain PARACHINAR, (Express Tribune): At least 12 people were killed and more than 20 injured when two bombs exploded in the central market of Parachinar, in Kurram Agency, followed by one in earlier in the afternoon. The bombs were … Continued

26th Jul 2013

Jammu & Kashmir: Curfew enforces calm in Budgam

By Muddasir Ali Srinagar, J&K, India, (Greater Kashmir): Situation in curfew bound villages of central Kashmir’s Budgam district hit by group clashes continued to remain tense but under control on Thursday while authorities decided against easing the restrictions till normalcy … Continued

26th Jul 2013

Pakistan: Seven members of a family die in Rajanpur house collapse

RAJANPUR, (The News): At least seven members of a family including women and children were killed and four more sustained injuries after the roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rains here in the wee hours of Friday, … Continued

25th Jul 2013

India: Voters feel Muslims are ‘implicated’ in terror cases

The Hindu Children hold placards denouncing arrest of innocent Muslim youth on eve of Mecca Masjid blast anniversary in Hyderabad on May 18, 2012. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy The Hindu All figures are in per cent and rounded off; hence … Continued

25th Jul 2013

Saudi Arabia will send imams to Pakistan

[President of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais.] By Syed Rashid Hussain RIYADH, (Dawn): Saudi Arabia would send imams, one each from Masjidul Haram in Makkah and Masjid-i-Nabawi in Madina, to Pakistan every year. Talking to … Continued

25th Jul 2013

Pakistan: Suicide bombers target ISI compound in Sukkur

[Photo: The News] KARACHI, (Dawn & Agencies): A series of blasts rocked the southern town of Sukkur late Wednesday as militants rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a compound of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency, security officials said. At least nine … Continued

24th Jul 2013

India: Heavy rains lash Mumbai, several schools ask students to stay at home

Mumbai, Agencies: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities have asked people not to step out of their house unless absolutely necessary, as heavy rains are predicted in Mumbai in the next 72 hours. People drive through a flooded street during … Continued

23rd Jul 2013

Jammu & Kashmir: Mehbooba visits bereaved families; Sagar, Ramzan attend chaharum of victims

By Mohammad Taskeen Gool (Ramban), J & K, India, (Greater Kashmir): An uneasy calm prevails in this mountainous area of Ramban district, which continued to observe shutdown for the 5th consecutive day today following killing of four civilians and … Continued

23rd Jul 2013

India: Hyderabad: six killed in building wall collapse

Hyderabad, (PTI): Six persons, including two children, were on Tuesday killed when the wall of a building collapsed on two adjacent huts in MJ Colony here. The incident took place between 1.45 AM and 2am when the retaining wall of … Continued

23rd Jul 2013

Pakistan: Man kills six including daughter, son-in-law, two grandchildren

OKARA, (The News): A blood thirsty father-in-law here late on Monday night ruthlessly killed six members of his daughter’s family in a violent bid of restoring his “lost honor” five years after her marriage to a man she loved, Geo … Continued

23rd Jul 2013

Pakistan: Karachi firing, violence claims four more lives

KARACHI, (The News): Four persons were killed and two sustained injuries in fresh incidents of firing and violence, Geo News reported Tuesday morning. Police said that one person died of gunshot in Shershah area, one tortured body was found … Continued

22nd Jul 2013

India: 152 killed, 5 lakh displaced in Uttar Pradesh floods

Lucknow, (IANS): The toll in the flood fury in Uttar Pradesh climbed to 152 on Monday as most rivers continued to flow over the danger mark and heavy rains added to people’s woes. More than five lakh people have been … Continued

22nd Jul 2013

Pakistan: Imran Khan blames UK govt for killing of Zahra Shahid

LONDON: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has held British government responsible for killing of Zahra Shahid and party workers on May 12, 2007, Geo News reported. Addressing an Iftar dinner here, Imran Khan said he had raised voice … Continued

21st Jul 2013

India: Minor’s rape and murder triggers arson in Bihar’s Rohtas district

Sasaram, (Hindustan Times): Anger spilled out on to the streets of Rajpur bazaar in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Sunday after a 12-year-old girl was found murdered – possibly after rape – with both her eyes gouged out, in yet another … Continued

21st Jul 2013

Jammu & Kashmir: Indian army on rampage in Bandipora villages

By Mir Tariq Bandipora, J& K, India, (Greater Kashmir): Scores of persons were injured, two of them critically, when [Indian] Army allegedly went on rampage in five villages after their cavalcade was stoned in Ashtango area of north … Continued

21st Jul 2013

Pakistan: Blasts kill four, injure several in Karachi

People standing near Metropolitan Commissioner Matanat Ali Khan’s vehicle damaged in a bomb attack in Karachi on July 20, 2013.—Photo by Online Security personnel collect evidence at the site of a bomb blast in a house in Karachi on July … Continued